Toilet appliance



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TOILET APPLIANCE Filed Feb. 27 1926 um', i

Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOILET APPLIANCE.

Application tiled February 27, 1926. Serial No. 91,195.

This invention relates to a toilet appliance. It more particularlyrelates to a holder for toothbrushes and paste.

An object ot this invention is to provide a holder for toothbrushes andpaste wherein the brushes and paste are readily accessible and may beremoved therefrom easily. V

Another object is to provide a sanitary place for toothbrushes and pastewhich may be conveniently carried about or secured to a wall or otherplace.

Another object is to provide a holder for toothbrushes wherein thebrushes will be held in a substantially vertical position and thebristles thereof will be out of contact with the holding means.

Another object is to provide a toothbrush and paste holder which may beeasily and inexpensively manufactured.

Other objects and advantages inafter appear.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toothbrush and paste holder; and

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view tsken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

The device comprises in general a back 1 and a base 2. Preferably theback and the base are formed from a single piece of sheet material bybending the lower por tion ot the sheet along the line 3 to form thebase 2 in order to provide means for attaching the paste holders to theback and base, the same provided with openings 4, 5 and 6 in the backand openings-7 and 8 u the base. The `)aste holders 9 and 10 are vformedby bonding strips of the material into an elliptical form havingprojecting tabs ll formed thereon for passing through the openings inthe back and base. 'lhese tabs, after the saine have been passed throughthe openings are then clinched to tion. It will be noted that the base 2serves will herev as a bottom for the paste holders. The clips 12 and 13are formed by superimposing a shorter strip of resilient material 14upon a longer strip 15 and soldering or otherwise securing the saidstrips together. The ends 16 and 17 of thestrips 15 and 14 are bentoutwardly to form the brush retaining clips. The strip 15 is soldered orotherwise secured to the back 1 at such a distance from the base 2 thatwhen the average toothbrush is placed in the clip the end of the handlethereof will enga e the base and the bristles of the brush wi l -be'A4above the clip. This arrangement prevents the toothbrush from beingcarelessly placed in the clip holder in such a way that the bristles otthe brush will be cramped or mashed. The back 1 may be provided withopenings 18 near the upper edge thereof through which means forfastening the device to a wall orv other place may be passed.

Having specifically described en embodiment of the invention,the'following claim is herewith appended, it being understood of coursethat theinvention is susceptible of various modifications andadaptations within the scope of the said claim.

lVhat I claim is:

An article container comprising a substantially rectangular sheet ofmaterial provided with openings and bent intermediate its endsl to forma back and a base at right angles to each other, a rectangular strip ofsheet material bent into elliptrcal'form and having a tab lprojectingfrom the center of one edge thereof and a tab projecting from each endand adjacent the other edge thereot', said tabs passing through saidopenings .to lock said strip to said base and back and form an articlecontainer' having closed sides and bottom, the said base projecting allaround said strip to form an article receiving shelf.

CARL FRANKLIN CRECELIUS.

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